I do not get all the speculation on Saddam. If the maggot is forced into hiding and all his power and money is of no use, he is functionally gone - like Osma. Does it really matter if he is dead (not that it would bother me if he/they are dead - I would rather see them dealt with by the family member of one that they abused)
I believe that Saddam was packing his bags before the President finished the you have 48 hours speech. It seems that we know that he was in hiding during the 1991 blasting. I would think that he would be hiding way deeper this time around - maybe in a different Country.
The regime is still there, and sluggish as it seems, Command and Control too.
Supposedly, Iraq was partitioned into several zones (or cells) where Saddam’s sons or cousins or cronies would maintain control.
The videos shown today look like SH - and there’s smoke billowing in the background and there’s rubble to be seen. Is that SH high-fiving his subjugates? That guy’s smiling too much - I don’t think so.
Even after the regime is gone, Saddam will persist/live. Neo-Saddam, Neo-Baath (an Arab Secular party - there are Baathists in Syria and Iran).